Survival Guide

Survival Guide

December 16, 1992

DO IT TODAY

ATTEND SUPPORT GROUP FOR HEARING IMPAIRED AND FAMILIES. At 3 p.m. in room B of Williamsburg Regional Library, 515 Scotland St. Free. Open to public. Information: 220-3674.

REMINDER. Old commuter tickets for the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry - the blue ones bought before Oct. 1 - will not be valid after the end of the year, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Starting Jan. 1, the ferry will accept only new, pink tickets from commuters who do not pay cash.

HIGHWAY HEADACHES

BENNETT'S CREEK BRIDGE. The northbound passing lane of Route 17 at Bennett's Creek Bridge in Suffolk will be closed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Dec. 31 for bridge maintenance.

COLEMAN BRIDGE. Bridge openings are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., but this is subject to change without notice. Bridge traffic will be reduced to one lane from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today for bridge repairs. Northbound and southbound traffic will alternate on the open lane.

INTERSTATE 64, HAMPTON. The westbound travel lane of Interstate 64 from the Hampton Center Parkway to the Route 17 interchanges will be closed each night through Friday from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. while concrete traffic barriers are installed along the shoulder.

INTERSTATE 64, VIRGINIA BEACH. Traffic will be detoured around the Indian River Road area of westbound Interstate 64 from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly through Thursday and from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Tuesday nights to pour the bridge deck. Use outer connectors to get back to I-64.

INTERSTATE 264, CHESAPEAKE. A half-mile stretch of the westbound left lane of Interstate 264, including the ramp to westbound Interstate 64, will be closed from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today for bridge demolition. Traffic will be detoured around to Frank's Truck Stop and back to westbound I-64.

MERCURY BOULEVARD, HAMPTON. The ramp from northbound Warwick Boulevard to eastbound Mercury Boulevard will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today for demolition of the sidewalk. Alternating westbound lanes of Mercury Boulevard between Jefferson Avenue and the James River Bridge will be closed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today to paint lines on the road.

* Vote on 1994-98 capital improvement budget that includes the recommended construction of an elementary school.

BY THE NUMBERS

DECEMBER TEMPERATURE RECORDS. The warmest Hampton Roads temperature recorded in December by the National Weather Service in Norfolk was 80 degrees on Dec. 4, 1978. The coldest temperature for the month was recorded on Dec. 30, 1917, when the mercury dipped to 5 degrees.